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NGEN Partners CERTIFIED

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FIRM OVERVIEW: Large Private VC founded in 2001 based out of Palo Alto, USA (US West)

FIRM DESCRIPTION: Founded in 2001, NGEN Partners is a pioneering investor in the cleantech sector. We invest in early to late stage businesses that offer economically valuable products and services that positively affect the environment. With a history in materials science, NGEN has deep expertise in alternative energy, energy efficiency, pollution abatement and green resources.

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on 2009-09-27

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We pitched these guys at the seed stage (materials/nanotechnology), and wound up pitching by conference call. They thought we were too early stage (no surprise!), but gave us the courtesy of a quick "No". While "no" is always disappointing, a quick "no" is better than a drawn out "maybe".

I had one meeting with Rob Koch, Partner at NGEN. We were a little early out of the gate in terms of working seriously with a VC partner, but our meeting was valuable. Rob gave me some very useful, straightforward feedback, had great questions, and encouraged us to follow up. We did a deal with another firm, but his feedback helped us get there.

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Anonymous
on 2007-09-16

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NGEN is a specialty fund, making select investments in materials science applied to clean technologies. They have top notch advisors, are very careful, and from my experience I would say they have a methodical approach to making their investments. As a result, I suspect that they do not move quickly. In my case, as their interest increased in my company and team over time, I had increasing comfort that NGEN would be a good potential partner. We never got down to negotiating a deal, so I can not be sure of this.

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Anonymous
on 2007-09-13

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I was introduced to Peter Grubstein by a very successful Angel who had reviewed our new venture and given it very high marks. He passed that along to Peter who pretended to review our materials for two months. When we did finally get his shove-off email, it was quite obvious that he hadn't even taken 10 minutes to review our summary.